Kate Brown, Simon Quintero
Halcyon Gallery

Exhibition catalogue from Santiago Montoya's Improbably Landscapes exhibit at London's Halcyon Gallery, May 29-June 24, 2014.

Jim Harter
Bonanza Books

Georges Meurant
Thames and Hudson

The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items.

Jean Ferniot
Mondadori Electa S.p.A.

La Francia vanta di possedere il maggior numero di ricette legate al suo territorio e alla varietà dei suoi prodotti. È un primato formidabile, che questo volume mette in risalto attraverso 320 proposte, selezionate e raccolte con grande rigore e passione dall'autore, celebre gastronomo e appassionato di cucina. Grazie a lunghe e meticolose ricerche condotte in tutto il paese, suddiviso in otto regioni "gastronomiche", possiamo scoprire i segreti di una prestigiosa tradizione culinaria, che affonda le sue radici più autentiche nella ricchezza delle sue province e nell'umile esperienza contadina, così lontana dagli splendori di corte e tuttavia ricca di sapori e fantasia.

Jeno Barcsay
A. Vallardi

Oil on canvas. The scene beautifully expresses the dramatic pathos of a shipwreck: under a sky filled with dark clouds, a small boat is sinking offshore, while the fisherman's family takes refuge on the rocky shore, where white, foaming waves crash. The work is presented in a contemporary gilded frame.

Pair of vintage armchairs with exposed wooden structure, seat and back with foam padding and original period upholstery in yellow tones. Seats that lend themselves to being restored in the wooden part and renewed in the fabric by choosing from the numerous proposals present in our warehouses.

Italy, Mid XX Century

Walnut and mahogany trumeau, richly carved with leaf motifs and scrolls on the base band and the curled feet, on the uprights and on the top of the headboard, central mask in the drawer located under the flap. Base composed of a pair of drawers inlaid with floral motifs in various woods, flap concealing a central door and two groups of three drawers on the sides, upper part with paneled door inlaid with various woods, with a rural and bacchanalian theme, signed C. FERRANDI MCMLV. Italy, mid-20th century.

Tiziana Lorenzelli
Mondadori Electa

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, XIX Century

Louis Philippe console table in bois de rose veneer. White marble top supported by four curved legs joined by a crosspiece with a carved central shield. The apron and pilasters are carved with scrolls. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, third quarter of the 19th century.

Nicholas Foulkes
Van Cleef & Arpels

Laura Delli Colli
Lupetti

Il libro, attraverso le immagini e le testimonianze di alcuni tra i nomi più significativi del cinema italiano, ripercorre le tappe della "carriera cinematografica" dell'Eur a quasi settant'anni di distanza dalla realizzazione del famoso quartiere romano. Il volume, curato da Laura Delli Colli, presenta anche gli interventi di Angelo Bucarelli e Franco Mariotti.

Italy, 1980s

Coffee and tea service in porcelain with polychrome decorations "Ceramiche Franco Pozzi Gallarate for T. & J. Vestor". The service is composed of: 1 teapot, 1 coffee pot, 1 sugar bowl, 2 milk jugs, 6 teacups with saucers and 20 coffee cups with saucers. Manufacturer's mark under the bases.

Tessa Williams
Roads Publishin

* Preface by the award-winning actor, director and fragrance creator, Richard E. Grant, presenter of 'Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets'.* Foreword by Albert Roux, KFO, OBE, legendary chef, hotelier, restaurateur, and founder of Le Gavroche.* 'The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.' George Bernard Shaw.Have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors at the most luxurious hotels in the world? Hotels of the Stars invites you through the doors of the most exclusive accommodation on earth, while allowing you to indulge in a little scandal. Complete with magnificent photography, Tessa Williams explores the exclusive haunts of the stars, where literary and cultural history has been made. Find out where such cultural heavyweights as Steinbeck, Garbo and Dali hung out. Discover where modern-day icons like Brad Pitt and Naomi Campbell have rested their heads.

AA.VV.
Biblioteca di via Senato Edizioni

Nella mostra dedicata a Curzio Malaparte, ideata e organizzata dalla Fondazione Biblioteca di via Senato vengono esposti per la prima volta alcuni documenti dell'Archivio Malaparte acquisito nel 2009 dalla Fondazione. Come primo atto dopo l'acquisizione dell'Archivio (che consta di circa 300 faldoni, contenenti manoscritti e dattiloscritti originali di opere edite e inedite, articoli di giornale, documenti personali, lettere e fotografie), l'esposizione vuole testimoniare i fatti salienti della vita del giornalista e scrittore, attraverso documenti e fotografie, senza giudizi o preconcetti, cercando di rendere giustizia alla sua figura di intellettuale a tutto tondo, apprezzato e conosciuto ancora oggi più all'estero che in Italia. Malaparte fu arcitaliano in tutti i sensi perché, pur di padre tedesco, fu ben radicato nella tradizione culturale italiana più autentica, rivendicando in ogni momento la propria toscanità; in un'epoca drammaticamente travagliata come la sua, seppe conoscere e raccontare finemente gli italiani, i loro pregi e difetti, in un costante e sincero confronto con le diverse culture incontrate nei suoi viaggi in Europa e nel mondo. Fu soprattutto un attento lettore del suo tempo, sia a livello politico, sia letterario, comprendendo prima e meglio di altri la natura della modernità che si andava faticosamente attuando intorno.

Daniel Rabreau
Bibliothèque de l'Image

s.a.
Rizzoli - Skira

Known for her life-size sculptures made entirely of beads, Liza Lou has had audiences and critics spellbound since her debut exhibition fifteen years ago. Liza Lou's sculptures, room-size installations, and performances have been at the center of the art world's bewilderment and awe since the unveiling of her first masterpiece, Kitchen, in 1996. A true-to-size replica of a kitchen in the midst of a museum gallery would hardly cause a stir, were it not for one important fact: the work is made entirely of beads. Eschewing the well-traveled path in art school to embrace the traditional mediums of painting or sculpture, Lou embarked on forging a body of work unlike any that had been seen before in the art world. In the nearly fifteen years since her auspicious debut, Lou's work has developed from realistic room-size tableaux taken from everyday life—such as Backyard and Trailer, among others—to works no less monumental in construction and more sober in their themes, such as Security Fence and Cell. In this comprehensive volume devoted to her work, illustrated with two hundred photographs, writers, critics, and scholars explore her work in depth.

Annie Kelly
Rizzoli

Splash provides the inspiration for anyone designing, or dreaming about, their own pool.

This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design--from glimmering infinity pools with a view of the ocean to dramatic cascading waterfall pools and those in lush garden settings. Ranging from beautifully landscaped backyards to dramatic beaches and tropical paradise surroundings, the stunning pool locales show creative examples of pools as architecture and organic forms. In the mix are seductive pools owned by such celebrities as Cher and Dianne Keaton and leading designers Bunny Williams and Carolyne Roehm, as well as masterpieces by famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and Luis Barragán. Splash concludes with a section on poolside elements, from tiled steps, patterned surfaces, and Jacuzzis to pool houses with outdoor showers, landscaping, furnishings, and much more. Every example evokes the enduring and irresistible appeal of the swimming pool.

Bruno Munari, Valeria Montaldi
Edizioni L'Agrifoglio

Ryan Gander
Dent De Leone

Ivanoe Riboli, Marco Bascapé
Amministrazione delle II.PP.A.B. ex E.C.A.

Vittorio Martinelli
Società Editrice Vannini

Pierre Louis Duchartre
Dover pubblications

Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell? arte. Describes improvisations, staging, marks, scenarios, acting troupes, and origins.

Domenico Balestrini
Libreria Pontiggia